Stockholm -
Norway on Saturday said it would boost protection of a seed storage vault designed to protect the world's crops from disaster, after soaring temperatures caused water to leak into its entrance.

Toronto -
What's going to be Canada's next breakout hit sitcom? City (formerly Citytv) is putting its money on “Seed”, its new series about a most unconventional family – a family brought together by the sperm donations of a slacker bartender.

So far gone is the traditional act of saving your seed for the next harvest, now DuPont Co., the second-largest seed company in the world, uses former police officers to stop farmers illegally re-planting GMO seeds.

New York -
In conjunction with Food Democracy Now and in support of the farmers who recently lost their hope of a court case against Monsanto, 27 February 2012 became the National Day of Action to Occupy Our Food Supply.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and its U.S. counterpart, the EPA, recently approved a new GE corn created by Monsanto and Dow. Called SmartStax, Dow President Jerome Peribere said the corn represents "game changing technology."